It should be a great weekend of baseball at the Top Gun sites. There are over 20 top 20 teams in different age groups in action this weekend, with many facing off against one another in pool play. Here’s a brief preview of the weekend’s Top Gun action.
Cary
8u
There is an excellent 8u field this weekend in Cary with #2 Carolina Threshers, #4 Greenville Athletics, and #5 Dirtbags Black all in the field. The Threshers will put their 28-1 record on the line as they will face the NCDB Rivercats and Greenville Athletics on Saturday in pool play. Greenville will also play NCDB in pool play. Dirtbags Black, Dirtbags East, and the Leland Lugnuts will also all play one another in pool play. All 6 teams will play in Gold bracket play on Sunday.
9u
The 9u field in Cary will feature #15 Coach’s Box Broncos and #16 NCDB Rivercats, who will be looking to bounce back from a tough weekend at the USSSA Beast of the East last weekend. The Broncos will take on NCDB and GBI Express in pool play, while the Rivercats will take on the North Wake Warriors in their other pool play game.
10u
#12 Carolina Thunder will headline the 4-team 10u field in Cary this weekend. They’ll face the Walk Off Academy Warriors and the East Carolina Bombers in pool play.
11u
The D1/D2 division will feature 5 of our top 20 teams including #5 Cleveland Wildcats Elite, #11 Carolina Pilots, #14 North Wake Fungo, #16 Team Ghost, and #19 Dirt Devils. The Wildcats will take on the Dirt Devils and North Wake Fungo in pool play, while the Dirt Devils will face Dirtbags East and Fungo will match up against Team Ghost in their other pool play games on Saturday. Team Ghost will also go against the Carolina Pilots in pool play. The Pilots will play South Johnston in their other pool play game on Saturday.
12u
The 12u age group will feature an 11-team D1 division and a 9-team D2 division (there’s also a 16-team D2 12u division this weekend in Cary as well). In the D1 division, #3 Legends Baseball, #8 Sandhills Heat, #14 Sanford Cobras, #15 Carolina Thunder, #16 Rock Solid Red, and #18 Canes NC – Harland are all in action. Legends, the NCDB Rivercats, and the Sandhills Heat will all face one another in pool play on Saturday. The Cobras will the Carolina Thunder and Xtreme Heights (VA) in pool play. The Thunder will face Rock Solid Red in their other pool play game, while Rock Solid will also match up against the Richmond Spiders (VA) in pool play. Canes NC – Harland will go against the New Bern Flames and Carolina Titans – Wilson in their two pool play games.
13u
54/80
In the 6-team 54/80 Open division, #5 Diamond Thieves is the highest ranked team in the field. They’ll face the Carolina Rattlers and Zone Select in their two pool play games.
60/90
There are 8 teams in the 60/90 Open division. #9 Carolina Naturals are the highest ranked team in the field and they’ll face the West Raleigh Skeeters and Warhawks Baseball on Saturday. Bluechip Athletes will look to bounce back after a 1-2 weekend this past weekend. They’ll go against the West Raleigh Warriors and Dirtbags Platinum – Teague in their two pool play games.
Charlotte
9u
The 9u age group will be a 14-team division this weekend in Charlotte including #10 Mount Holly Lightning and #11 Lake Norman Thunder. Mount Holly will face off against Storm and OTK Saints on Saturday. The Thunder will play against LKN Hurricanes – Phillips and SBA Canes – Callahan.
10u
The 10u age group has both a 9-team National and an 8-team American division. In the American division, #4 Rawlings Stars and #6 Belmont Bandits will headline the field. Rawlings will face off against the Mallard Creek Miners and the Lake Norman HammerHeads on Saturday while the Bandits will take on Team 24 Gamecocks – Bailey and the Roberson Ramblers.
11u
The 11u age group has both a 14-team National and an 8-team American division this weekend in Charlotte. The #10 LKN Attack is the only ranked 11u team in the field this weekend. They’ll take on Copperheads – Russ and Black Mambas in the American division in pool play.
12u
The 12u age group features a 3-team Sunday-only event, a 12-team National division and an 8-team American division. In the American division, #7 Five Star Carolina – Shelton will see their first action of the spring. They’ll take on Copperheads – Gaffney and SBA Canes. #12 SBA LKN Carolina Cobras will face Copperheads – Shabosky and 11u #2 SBA Canes – Ross. The Canes – Ross will also take on Copperheads – Gaffney in their venture up an age group this weekend.
13u
None of our top 20 are in the 13u field this weekend. Previously ranked Copperheads – Barozzino will get their first action of the spring and they’ll face the Triple Crown Lookouts and the Karolina Kraken in pool play this weekend.
Goldsboro
9u
None of our top 20 are in the 6-team 9u field this weekend in Goldsboro. The Carolina Armor will look to build on their 7-5 start in Top Gun play this spring as they take on the Carolina Raiders and the NW Force in their two pool play games.
10u
There will be a 15-team D3 10u field this weekend in Goldsboro. None of our top 20 are in the field so this should be a wide open competition. The Carolina MudDawgs should be competitive this weekend and they’ll face the OC Sluggers and the Cleveland Wildcats on Saturday. The Cleveland Wildcats will look to add to their 9-1 start this spring as they take on the OC Sluggers in their other pool play game.
12u
There will be a 5-team field in the 12u division in Goldsboro this weekend. None of our top 20 are in the field. Gettin Dirty is 10-6-1 in Top Gun play this spring and will take on RBI Raptors and the Trent River Stingrays in pool play on Saturday.
14u
13u #20 PITT413 will be playing up in the 13u division in Goldsboro this weekend. They’ll take on Garner Baseball and the Knightdale Knights in pool play.
Indian Trail
8u
There will be a 4-team 8u division in Indian Trail with Anson Raptors, Union County Crush – Bennett and Union County Crush – Gadd in the field for Saturday. Lake Norman Lightning will play two games on Sunday.
9u
The 9u division features 6 teams including #13 Piedmont Panthers, #14 Union County Crush – Walker, and #19 Carolina Blue Mizuno. The Panthers will face both Crush – Walker and Carolina Blue Mizuno on Saturday. Crush – Walker and Carolina Blue Mizuno will also face one another on Saturday in a great day of top 20 match ups in the 9u division.
10u
The 10u age group will have a 4-team D1 division and a 6-team D3 division. The D1 division features #17 Aces – Edwards as well as recently ranked Sandhills Stingrays. Aces will take on the Stingrays and the Panthers on Saturday. Union County Crush – Homewood will also take on the Stingrays and the Panthers on Saturday in pool play.
11u
The 11u age group in Indian Trail will feature 6 teams, although none of our top 20 will be in the field. Aces – Thompson, Carrabus Knights, Carolina Fury – Matthews, Stars Baseball, Team Husqvarna, and Concord Athletics are all in the field this weekend in Indian Trail.